"Whew!"

The flames burned, Ace ran with all his might, and almost instantly, he was already in front of Xia Le, he jumped high, spread his hands, and pounced suddenly.

"Divine Fire, Ignorant Fire!"

With a loud roar, his hands turned into flaming spears and stabbed at the figure in front of him.

However, what shocked him was that after this move was launched, the other party avoided it with subtle precision.

And, when I looked at it again, the figure that was originally standing there had disappeared.

"It's not a good thing to rely too much on the power of the Devil Fruit!"

"Ace!"

Faint words came from behind.

This caused Ace's pupils to contract, and the cold air behind him was rising.

When, exactly?

He spun around, kicked the deck with both feet, and stepped back, distancing himself from the other.

To his surprise, Xia Le did not pursue, but just looked at him calmly.

"You're defying me!"

Ace said angrily.

"You didn't show enough power for me to face up!"

Xia Le smiled faintly.

Then, he raised his right hand and extended his index finger.

"What do you mean?"

Ace shouted.

"Just use this finger!"

"Your current strength is only worthy of one finger from me!"

Xia Le smiled.

There was no sarcasm in his expression, but contempt was clear in his words.

Ace was even angrier!

After debuting for so long, he has never seen a man who looks down on him so much.

"Bastard!"

"Even if it's a dad, he won't look down on me like this!"

Ace roared angrily, and his hands turned into pistols.

"Muskets!"

One after another, the flame bullets burst into Xia Le in an instant.

The latter stood in place, not even bothering to hide from this pediatric technique.

The flames hit him, and his tall body didn't even shake for a moment.

"Bastard!!"

Ace's eyes breathed fire, and he ran and rushed in front of Xia Le, waving his fists continuously, raising flames.

"Anger will only make you lose your mind!"

Xia Le said lightly.

He used only one finger, but he took every attack with precision.

Even, the stabbing of his fingers, the impact he brought up, made Ace's body tremble, and his face showed a look of pain.

"Elementalization, you can't avoid injury!"

"This man!?"

Ace was shocked.

But it is impossible for him to admit defeat like this!

"Looks like Whitebeard didn't teach you much."

"Your clumsy foundation is not even as good as my disciple."

Xia Le shook his head and said disappointedly.

"You're talking too much nonsense!"

"Firefly, Fire Dharma!!"

Ace roared, his face extremely ugly.

He tried almost every trick, but there was nothing he could do about it. Even, the man didn't make a few decent attacks, but just dodged his attacks all the time.

Xia Le flicked a finger slightly, and in the void space in front of him, huge ripples appeared, shining with a blue arc, clearing all the fire dharmas.

"The nature system doesn't give you the strength to reach the top!"

"If you want to be the strongest, all you can rely on is your body, your instinct!"

He sighed softly.

There is no doubt that Ace's development of the Burning Fruit is much higher than domineering, and although its physical strength is also strong, it is completely the foundation laid by Karp.

Compared with the strong people who really go from nothing to something, sharpen their domineering spirit, and rely on the ability of fruits, they have great flaws.

"Blindly dodging is also considered strength?"

"If you have the ability, show me your strength!"

Ace yelled.

His eyes were red, and the flames burned to the extreme at this moment, circling around his body, and in an instant, condensing a huge fireball above his head.

"Did I show it to you?"

Xia Le's eyes narrowed slightly, and then nodded.

"Then let me show you!"

In the next second, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Buzz!"

The vast, majestic, terrifying, domineering, and majestic aura suddenly rushed out, sweeping in all directions.

Ace's whole person froze there, the flames that were burning a second ago, and at this moment, like a trembling quail, lost their burning power.

"Tick!"

Before I knew it, sweat from my forehead was running down my chin and dripping down the deck.

He stared blankly at the man in front of him, only to see that the sky with the other party as the background turned black and red.

Everything around is shrouded in its terrifying coercion.

"Are you shivering with fear? Ace! ”

"You won't be a match for Marshall Titch."

Xia Le said lightly.

"Shut up !! me"

Ace growled.

He gritted his teeth and condensed all the flames to release the fireball above his head.

"Great Flame Ring, Emperor Yan!"

However, in the next second.

Ahead, Xia Le's figure suddenly disappeared, followed by a finger between his eyebrows, and black and red lightning was shining.

The power of terror seems to be enough to penetrate everything.

At this moment, he even smelled death.

Before he could react, the finger flicked on his eyebrows, and the violent power exploded in an instant.

Its body rose from the ground, and was knocked out by this terrifying force, and the fireball that had just condensed above its head dissipated in an instant.

"You're too weak!"

"Ace!"

Immediately afterward, consciousness went blank.

Until he fell unconscious, Ace still couldn't believe that his dignified captain of the second team of the Whitebeard Pirates was defeated so easily.

Lost to a finger? ——

When Ace opened his eyes again, he was greeted by Xia Le, who was wearing a white navy suit and sitting cross-legged directly across from him.

"With such a weak force, the level of a half-hanger."

"Who do you want to help? And who do you want to protect? ”

"Ace!"

The faint words came into his ears, causing Ace to grit his teeth and clench his fists.

But Fang Cai's battle was still vivid, and the strength of the other party made him feel desperate. This kind of desperation is even more than when facing Daddy.

Could it be that this guy in front of him is even more powerful than his father?

How is this possible?!

"You're relying too much on fruit power!"

"The teacher has said more than once that the most powerful thing in a person is the will, his own body!"

"And the power that gives the most direct feedback to these two is domineering!"

Guina said lightly.

"Domineering?"

Ace was slightly stunned.

At this time, Xia Le said again: "Follow me, Ace!" ”

"I'll teach you more power!"

"Only when you have the power can you better protect and protect everything you want to have!"

Ace's face was slightly gloomy: "You want me to be a navy?" ”

"That's your childhood dream, isn't it?"

Xia Le smiled.

"You want to really do something good and help everyone in need."

"Or do you want to play that pirate game that deceives you, and pursue the so-called, ethereal freedom?"

"Which do you choose to change the world or be a pirate?"

Ace was silent.

Once upon a time, he fantasized about being like the man in front of him, wearing a cloak of justice, admired by thousands of people, and then doing what he thought was righteous and right.

He had admired each other deeply and had listened to his mother's stories about each other countless times.

But time passed, and everything changed.

"Navy dreams?"

"It's already broken!"

Ace shook his head and said with a smile.

"Daddy is very good to me."

"Marco, Joz, Bista, they're all good brothers of mine!"

"If you think it's a boring playhouse, then think so!"

After a pause, he said seriously.

"But for me, it's exactly what I'm looking for!"

Hearing this, Xia Le was stunned at first, and then laughed.

"The most rare thing is to know what you really want."

Slowly getting up, he turned and looked at the sea ahead.

"Ace!"

"Always remember that anger makes people stupid."

"Anyone's ridicule and scolding, you have to find out what is the meaning behind what he did!"

The words made Ace stunned.

In a trance, the man who once held him and took him to the sky felt the man standing tall in front of him again.

At that time, the other party was also teaching him the truth of being a human being, telling him what he could do and what he couldn't do.

For a moment, Ace's face was a little relaxed.

"If there is anyone in this world who has made mistakes, I can tolerate them."

"It's just you, Ace!"

A sigh came, causing Ace's heart to tremble and raise his head suddenly.

"Even if you are a pirate, even if you still resent me, let me catch you myself."

"I can't do this kind of thing!"

By the end, there was a touch of gentleness.

"But you also have to be careful, Marshall Titch is a man with a deep city!"

"His power may be beyond your imagination!"

"If you have to arrest him, the results may be more than you expected!"

Xia Le turned around, his face a little serious.

He knew very well that if the other side still insisted on arresting Marshall Titch, the final result would be to be used as a bargaining weight, put in the hands of the Navy, and eventually lead to a battle on top.

"Titch!!"

Hearing the name, Ace gritted his teeth again and clenched his fists.

Seeing this scene, Xia Le sighed and shook his head.

Obviously, a person's personality cannot be changed in a moment.

The future may already be predestined.

"There's one more thing."

The voice came, and Ace raised his head and looked at the man in front of him.

Compared with his memory, the other party has hardly changed, and he is still as young as ever, which also makes him wonder.

"Remember!"

"Whenever it is, no matter how long it has been!"

"I'll always be your Uncle Charlot!"

Xia Le said, a smile on his face.

The freckled man in front of him also fused with the child in his arms at this moment.

Ace's body trembled, and his inexplicable nose was sore.

In the next second, he took a few steps forward and hugged the man in front of him tightly.

"Thank you!"

Xia Le was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted the other party's back.

"Now, I can't lift you up anymore!"

Hearing this, Ace couldn't help laughing.

"Then I'm a fire fist Ace, but it's too embarrassing!"

Xia Le chuckled, and suddenly threw out a sentence again.

"If you're in the Navy."

"I can tell you something that may be more important to you."

Ace was a little curious, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?" Can you let me follow you as a navy? ”

"A man named Sabo!"

Charlotte smiled.

"What?!"

(End of chapter)